Patrick Andriani was sitting on a bench in front of the Brennan Courthouse with his wife, Azucena, on a recent Monday evening. The 73-year-old woman told her husband she was going to buy something for dinner.

Azucena Andriani had only walked about 10 feet away from her husband when she was struck by an SUV as she crossed Baldwin Avenue inside the crosswalk.Patrick Andriani rushed to his wife’s side and tried to help but authorities asked him to step back so EMTs could aid the 73-year-old woman.

JERSEY CITY - It's been 10 days since Azucena Andriani was killed while crossing the street in front of the Brennan Courthouse, but her family is still trying to piece together what happened to the woman loved by everyone in her neighborhood.

Andriani, 73, was fatally struck near Baldwin and Newark avenues at about 5:20 p.m. on Oct. 10, authorities said.

She was just steps away from her home and had just left her apartment to pick up dinner, her niece Lisa Ronquillo said.

"My Aunt Azucena Andriani treated my sister and I like we were her own children," Ronquillo, of Michigan, said.